Christine Sexton | Florida Phoenix

The state Agency for Health Care Administration has included a $1 placeholder in its legislative budget request for the coming year “to support the final recommendations of the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Task Force concerning the delivery of ABA services.”

The Florida agency that helps aging American veterans in the state is asking for tens of millions in extra funding in the coming year from the Florida Legislature.

House Speaker-designate Sam Garrison on Monday announced the names of the state representatives who will chair committees during his two-year term.

An administrative judge has denied the DeSantis administration’s request to limit the number of plaintiffs in the administrative challenge to its proposed rules to eliminate a requirement that children receive four vaccines before entering daycare or school.

A federal appeals court ruled this week that the DeSantis administration did not provide adequate notice to people it claimed were no longer financially eligible before dropping them from the safety net program following the end of the public health emergency caused by COVID-19.

House speaker-designate Samuel Garrison Thursday night sent a memo to members announcing two new House standing committees and re-establishment of a third committee focused on public corruption. The memo didn’t include details of who would chair the panels or their membership.

Enrollment in healthcare.gov is open through Dec. 15 for coverage that takes effect at the start of next year. For policies that take effect Feb. 1, 2027, open enrollment is available through Jan. 15.

Trump approved the request for individual FEMA assistance for people in Bay, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington counties, according to a statement released by the federal agency.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to pare back the number of vaccines children must receive to enter school or daycare could pay off for him before he leaves office on Jan. 5 in light of a state administrative judge’ agreement Thursday to expedite a hearing on challenges to them.

Florida has been awarded $193.7 million in federal funds to support telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, pharmacy services, diagnostic kiosks, and community paramedicine for rural areas in Florida, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced.

Florida homeowners got an important ruling from the Florida Supreme Court. The high court put to rest a years-long legal controversy over whether a sweeping 2021 law that required policyholders to give their insurance companies 10-days notice before filing a lawsuit applied retroactively or prospectively.

DeSantis said the law, and his administration’s vigilant efforts on border control, have helped put Florida in the national forefront in the fight against fentanyl.